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First Sharp Shooters
The civilian cannot better understand than by conceiving a vast system of sunken roads sufficient for maneuvering armies of 100, 000 men, without exposing any above level ground. This is one feature of these extensive works, to which must be added the high and strong breastworks running in zigzag courses, with batteries and redoubts interspersed; and then the advanced picket lines, with the various sunken paths of communication; and behind all the chain of strong forts, with wide and deep ditches, fringed with cheveaux-de-frise, the same as in front of all the other works. "
Michigan Sharpshooters
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